RLS Custom Carpentry

Custom projects with fine craftsmanship.

Real project photos, sorted by what you're building — from one-of-a-kind carpentry to whole-home remodels, all shot on the job across Mendocino, Lake & Sonoma counties. Tap any category to see the full set.

Finished composite deck with redwood railing, built-in bench seating and recessed step lights in a backyard, built by RLS Custom Carpentry, Mendocino County CA

Rob's passion

Custom Decks

One-of-a-kind decks built for lakefront, hillside, and ranch properties — composite or redwood, with custom railings and built-in seating.

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Custom redwood backyard pergola with lattice roof and black steel brackets built over a patio in Mendocino County, California

Shade, built to last

Pergolas

Shade structures and pergolas that hold up to wind and weather and look like they grew out of the place.

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Huge custom redwood diagonal-batten gate built by RLS Custom Carpentry against a bare-winter treeline in Mendocino County, CA

Statement gates

Fences & Gates

Strong, durable fencing for high-wind and hillside lots — and the oversized statement gates folks still talk about.

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New-home framing skeleton against the mountains, framed by RLS Custom Carpentry in Mendocino County, CA

The craft underneath it all

Framing

Thirty-nine years of specialty framing for new homes, additions, and structural projects. Framing is the craft this whole company is built on.

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Completed home addition and remodel by RLS Custom Carpentry at 15 Mill Ct in Mendocino County CA, showing a new two-story wing with attached garage joined to the original single-story house with fresh white stucco and a dark composition roof

Grow without moving out

Home Additions

Additions tied cleanly into the existing structure — built while you keep living in your home.

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New concrete foundation with anchor bolts and seismic hold-down hardware installed under an exterior wall by RLS Custom Carpentry, a foundation retrofit in Mendocino County, CA

Keep it standing

Structural Repairs & Foundation Retrofit

Re-sheathing and foundation retrofit to bring a house up to spec and keep it standing.

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Large barn-style building framed in dimensional lumber with a center gable cupola and roof trusses, set against a pine forest in Mendocino County, CA, framed by RLS Custom Carpentry

Same standards as the house

Garages, Shops & Outbuildings

Workshops, barns, and shops built from the ground up — same standards as the house.

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Large two-story custom home under construction with completed roof truss framing and sheathing against a green Mendocino County hillside

From the frame up

New Custom Homes

Whole custom homes, framed and finished by the same hands that built the gate.

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Remodeled white stucco home with covered porch, brick-capped step, and tidy landscaping by RLS Custom Carpentry in Mendocino County, CA

Better-built spaces

Remodels & Renovations

Kitchen, bath, and whole-home remodels — updated, better-built spaces, done while you keep living in your home.

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Let’s build something that lasts.

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